Spring mattress



May 5, 1925.

B. BOND SPRING MATTRESS Filed Feb. 6. 1922 I'lateiited May 5, iiti.

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#Appli'reatieiivl filed` February 6;. 119227. g. Serial No. 534,29?.

To all 'whom it may ,Conce/rn:

Iile it .known that lBiiNNn'ii'r Beim, `a citizen oit the United itates, and resident oit the city oitLestervillle, county ot Reynolds, and State ot Missouri, have. invented certain new and` useful Improvements in Spring h/Iattresses, of which the -following is a specification, containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accon'ipaiiying drawings,` forming a part hereof." j j i My invention relates to improvements in spring mattresses, and has ttor its primary object a mattress which is made adjustable `so that a single or three-quarter bed can be` arranged to accommodate two people, either asa double bed or as twin beds.

y `A further object is to `construct a spring mattress 1n two sections, which sections can be moved apart and a hammock swung betweeinor a table may be placed between the f3-8 oit Fig. 1; with the sections pulled apart and in Iplace in a bed frame;

4t is an enlarged 'tragmental section showing the manner of attaching the sections to the `main frame;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the main iframe; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6--6 of Fig. 5.

In the construction of my device, I employ a main frame having side rails 7. Adjacent the ends of these side rails are end rails 8. These end rails are provided with elongated slots 9, which extend entirelyT lheretbrough. Intermedia te the ends rails 7 are rails '1.0. the upper surfaces ol these rails being `flush with the upper surface oit' ring clips 1d. Extending through the rail ,1Q andithreugh the slots 9 are bolts-11'?, vehicle, slidablgyv sec'uiie the sections to the main trame;n i i lVhen my device is intended to be used as a double bed the sections `are pushed together, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and thus form practically a continuous spring for the bed. It will be noted in this instance, however, that the combined width of the sections is greater than that oit the main traine, this extension or width varying according` to the-.size of bed used. That is, it the device is used on afsingle bed, the sections will extend further over the" edges of the main` Jframe than when used on a threequarter size. V

lNhen it is desired to transform the bed into twin beds, the sections are moved apart, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and the legs 15 lowered so as to rest on the floor. In this manner the rails 11 will be supported while the rails 12 `are supported by the bars 10, thus removing all strain trom the bolts 17 and S0 ypreventing any sagging of the sections.

It will also be noted from Fig. 3 that when the sections are pulled apart, the rails 12 do not cover the bars 10 entirely, but leave a projecting shoulder, and on this projecting shoulder either a hammock can be supported iny which a small child can sleep, or a table can be supported between the twin beds. M

It will be noted that the bars 7 project 90 on both ends of the main frame. rIhis is for the purpose of preventing contact of the sections with the head and foot of the bed, as the bars 7 are made justlong enough to fit in the bed. i

My device can be used either in iron beds or in the old-fashioned wooden bed whereslats are employed, for supporting the mattress, and in this event all the slats except the slat at the head and the slat at the toot et the bed are removed, an d the main 'traine rested oli-these two slats only.

My device is especially intended for hotel purposes, as by having a number of these devices on hand, a room containing only a single bed can be quickly cquippedwith double or twinbeds without the necessity ot-moving bedsteads from one room toanother.

spring having a pair of spaced apart parallel side rails, an end rail extendingr from side rail to side rail located adjacent the ends of said side rails, said end rails having their upper faces above the upper faces of the side rails, and being provided with longitudinally extending and spaced apart slots formed vertically therethrough, parallel rails ha ving` their upper faces flush with the upper faces of the end rails located hetween the side rails and secured to the end rails, a pair of rectangular sections located slida-hly to and frein each other on said end rails, said sections provided near their adjacent edges with fastening means extendida,Y through the slots in the end rails for adjustably securing the saine thereto, the intermediate rails serving as a support for one edge of the rectangular sections when the same are in extended position, and folding` legs for supporting the opposite edges of said sections when the saine are in extended position.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specification.

BENNETT BOND. 

